* linux partition @ Glenn Ervin ` Janina Sajka 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Glenn Ervin @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux - speakup does my d drive, which is dedicated to trying to get linux to work, have to be partitioned? If so, can I use fdisk to partition it? I would rather not partition it if I do not have to do that. that drive is 200MB and removable. Sincerely, O. Glenn Ervin-- (Lenny) N0YJV Northeast Nebraska gervin@kdsi.net or My Work e-mail: gervin@ncbvi.state.ne.us ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: linux partition linux partition Glenn Ervin @ ` Janina Sajka ` Gregory Nowak 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Janina Sajka @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux - speakup Hi, Glen: The term, "D:> Drive" is a Windows/DOS designation and not a linux designation. Also, odds are great that it's not a drive, but a partition. Are you certain that it's actually a second drive on your hard disk, and not just a second partition on your first disk? To find out, run fdisk. You may need to shutdown to ms dos to run fdisk. Be careful not to change anything you don't mean to change while running fdisk. There is a way to run fdisk in observation mode, but I don't recall how. Second point ... 200 Mb is not much these days. It's probably enough for something like zipspeak, and you could probably get a native linux installation into 200 Mb, but you'd have to work at it, and you'd have to know what you're doing in linux to make it work out. If you're running zipspeak, you certainly don't need to repartition. Read the documentation that comes with zipspeak. It explains that you put it in a directory and run it from a shutdown to ms dos -- a DOS boot without Windows, in other words. If you're trying to get a native install into 200 Mb, don't do it. Do whatever you need to do to get more space available--at least 1 Gig. Even if you need to get another hard drive, which can be done for well under $100 now, you should get more space if you really want to install a working linux. Of course, you could see about making more space available on your current system by resizing existing partitions. The linux tool parted is one that can do that, and can do it accessibly--with speech. On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Glenn Ervin wrote: > does my d drive, which is dedicated to trying to get linux to work, have to > be partitioned? > If so, can I use fdisk to partition it? > I would rather not partition it if I do not have to do that. > that drive is 200MB and removable. > > Sincerely, > O. Glenn Ervin-- (Lenny) N0YJV > Northeast Nebraska > gervin@kdsi.net > or My Work e-mail: > gervin@ncbvi.state.ne.us > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: linux partition ` Janina Sajka @ ` Gregory Nowak ` Janina Sajka 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup I think you mean: "fdisk /status", but I'm not sure what you mean by ovservation. Greg On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 08:21:56PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > Hi, Glen: > > The term, "D:> Drive" is a Windows/DOS designation and not a linux > designation. Also, odds are great that it's not a drive, but a partition. > Are you certain that it's actually a second drive on your hard disk, and > not just a second partition on your first disk? > > To find out, run fdisk. You may need to shutdown to ms dos to run fdisk. > Be careful not to change anything you don't mean to change while running > fdisk. There is a way to run fdisk in observation mode, but I don't recall > how. > > Second point ... 200 Mb is not much these days. It's probably enough for > something like zipspeak, and you could probably get a native linux > installation into 200 Mb, but you'd have to work at it, and you'd have to > know what you're doing in linux to make it work out. > > If you're running zipspeak, you certainly don't need to repartition. Read > the documentation that comes with zipspeak. It explains that you put it in > a directory and run it from a shutdown to ms dos -- a DOS boot without > Windows, in other words. > > If you're trying to get a native install into 200 Mb, don't do it. Do > whatever you need to do to get more space available--at least 1 Gig. Even > if you need to get another hard drive, which can be done for well under > $100 now, you should get more space if you really want to install a > working linux. Of course, you could see about making more space available > on your current system by resizing existing partitions. The linux tool > parted is one that can do that, and can do it accessibly--with speech. > > On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Glenn Ervin > wrote: > > > does my d drive, which is dedicated to trying to get linux to work, have to > > be partitioned? > > If so, can I use fdisk to partition it? > > I would rather not partition it if I do not have to do that. > > that drive is 200MB and removable. > > > > Sincerely, > > O. Glenn Ervin-- (Lenny) N0YJV > > Northeast Nebraska > > gervin@kdsi.net > > or My Work e-mail: > > gervin@ncbvi.state.ne.us > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > Learn how to make accessible software at > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: linux partition ` Gregory Nowak @ ` Janina Sajka 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Janina Sajka @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup That sounds right. I know. "Observation" is not a word we usually hear around computers. But, I thought it might serve to indicate the ability to look around without the ability to change anything. On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: > I think you mean: "fdisk /status", > but I'm not sure what you mean by ovservation. > Greg > > > On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 08:21:56PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > Hi, Glen: > > > > The term, "D:> Drive" is a Windows/DOS designation and not a linux > > designation. Also, odds are great that it's not a drive, but a partition. > > Are you certain that it's actually a second drive on your hard disk, and > > not just a second partition on your first disk? > > > > To find out, run fdisk. You may need to shutdown to ms dos to run fdisk. > > Be careful not to change anything you don't mean to change while running > > fdisk. There is a way to run fdisk in observation mode, but I don't recall > > how. > > > > Second point ... 200 Mb is not much these days. It's probably enough for > > something like zipspeak, and you could probably get a native linux > > installation into 200 Mb, but you'd have to work at it, and you'd have to > > know what you're doing in linux to make it work out. > > > > If you're running zipspeak, you certainly don't need to repartition. Read > > the documentation that comes with zipspeak. It explains that you put it in > > a directory and run it from a shutdown to ms dos -- a DOS boot without > > Windows, in other words. > > > > If you're trying to get a native install into 200 Mb, don't do it. Do > > whatever you need to do to get more space available--at least 1 Gig. Even > > if you need to get another hard drive, which can be done for well under > > $100 now, you should get more space if you really want to install a > > working linux. Of course, you could see about making more space available > > on your current system by resizing existing partitions. The linux tool > > parted is one that can do that, and can do it accessibly--with speech. > > > > On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Glenn Ervin > > wrote: > > > > > does my d drive, which is dedicated to trying to get linux to work, have to > > > be partitioned? > > > If so, can I use fdisk to partition it? > > > I would rather not partition it if I do not have to do that. > > > that drive is 200MB and removable. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > O. Glenn Ervin-- (Lenny) N0YJV > > > Northeast Nebraska > > > gervin@kdsi.net > > > or My Work e-mail: > > > gervin@ncbvi.state.ne.us > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > > > Learn how to make accessible software at > > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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